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斥

chì

HSK 6 Character

What 斥 means

1. to blame
2. to reprove
3. to reprimand
4. to expel
5. to oust
6. to reconnoiter
7. (of territory) to expand
8. saline marsh

Example sentences

• 他们被老师训斥了。
  They were scolded by the teacher.
• 他因我喝酒而训斥我。
  Tā yīn wǒ hējiǔ ér xùnchì wǒ.
  He gave me a lecture on drinking.
• 他总是训斥他的孩子。
  He is always yelling at his children.
• 空气中充斥着海的气息。
  The air was permeated by the smell of the sea.
• 我被那位老师严厉斥责了。
  Wǒ bèi nà wèi lǎoshī yánlì chìzé le.
  I got scolded severely by that teacher.
• 老师狠狠地斥责了学生们一顿。
  The teacher gave his pupils a tongue-lashing.

Words starting with 斥

• 斥责chì zéto lash out; to reprimand
• 斥资chì zīto spend; to allocate funds
• 斥候chì hòuto reconnoiter; to scout; scout
• 斥力chì lìrepulsion (in electrostatics); repulsive force
• 斥退chì tuìto dismiss (from a post); to expel from school; to order away (servants etc)
• 斥骂chì màto scold
• 斥卤chì lǔ(literary) salt-affected land

Words containing 斥

• 排斥pái chìto reject; to exclude; to eliminate
• 充斥chōng chìto be full of; to flood; to congest
• 训斥xùn chìto reprimand; to rebuke; to berate
• 呵斥hē chìto berate; to excoriate; to chide
• 驳斥bó chìto refute; to debunk; to deny
• 怒斥nù chìto angrily rebuke; to indignantly denounce
• 痛斥tòng chìto criticize harshly; to denounce; to attack viciously
• 互斥hù chìmutually exclusive
• 严斥yán chìto scold; to censure
• 弹斥tán chìaccuse and criticize
• 拒斥jù chìto reject
• 指斥zhǐ chìto denounce; to censure; to rebuke
• 推斥tuī chì(physics) to repulse; repulsion
• 挥斥huī chìto chide; to berate; energetic
• 申斥shēn chìto rebuke; to blame; to denounce
• 相斥xiāng chìmutual repulsion (e.g. electrostatic); to repel one another
• 面斥miàn chìto reproach sb to his face
• 推斥力tuī chì lì(physics) repulsive force
• 同性相斥tóng xìng xiāng chìlike polarities repel each other; (fig.) like repels like
• 贬斥biǎn chìto demote; to denounce
• 鄙斥bǐ chì(literary) to censure; to rebuke
• 嗔斥chēn chìto rebuke; to scold
• 摈斥bìn chìto reject; to dismiss
• 挥斥方遒huī chì fāng qiúfull of vim

Characters that look like 斥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 存cúnto exist; to deposit; to store
• 片piànthin piece; flake; a slice
• 危wēidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 厉lìstrict; severe
• 斤jīncatty; (mainland) weight equal to 500 g; (Taiwan) weight equal to 600 g

Sounds the same

Read chì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 翅(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 赤red; scarlet; bare
• 敕imperial orders
• 炽to burn; to blaze; splendid
• 叱to scold; shout at; to hoot at
• 彳step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60); see also 彳亍
• 踅walk with one leg
• 饬(bound form) to put in order; to arrange properly; circumspect
• 啻only (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just
• 抶beat; flog
• 傺to detain; to hinder
• 敇Imperial command or edict